Chapter 47: The Gradually Complex Conspiracy

The four people remained seated on their four chairs. As Professor Garcia raised his hand, Miss Jones began recording the following events at an even faster speed.

A layer of halo appeared in the hands of the professor with slightly pointed ears. As the former whispered and chanted the incantation, Xia De saw mottled color blocks constantly filling his living room where the gas lamp was lit.

The entire living room was divided into two. The normal part was the east side where the four people sat, while the west side gradually blurred amidst the filling color blocks, but then gradually became clear again.

Only, that half of the living room that became clear turned into the appearance of a dim, low-ceilinged room.

The low-ceilinged room was also divided into two, spliced with Xia De's living room. The lighting inside the room was extremely dim. There was a low bed covered with dirty yellow sheets, a desk with a rusty-geared metal typewriter, and a bookshelf filled with various other reagents.

In those reagents, human eyeballs of various sizes were soaked, and there was even a small, primate-like animal corpse curled up with its eyes closed, which made Xia De feel very uncomfortable.

The room was extremely dim, and the old gas lamp above the desk seemed as if it would go out in the next second.

A middle-aged man with a thin build, patchy hair, wearing a brown coat, and huddled on the chair in front of the desk like a rat, turned his head in a daze, looking at the suddenly appearing strange living room and the four people.

His face was pitted, and his large red nose was covered in blackheads. His pupils shrank in terror, and the bottle held in his left hand was pouring mercury onto the desktop.

"What I am using is the Miracle - Space Division, Space Splicing. One must be at least eleven rings to learn it."

Professor Garcia of the Department of History said.

"Please tell the truth."

Professor Sanchez, with a serious expression, reached out at this moment and pointed at the man in the low-ceilinged half of the house. There was an ambiguous pink light on his fingers:

"Who are you?"

The professor asked loudly.

"Peter the 'Dwarf Rat' of 【Mercury Blood】."

The small man's eyes lost focus under the light of the professor's fingers. His accent was very similar to Professor Garcia's; they were probably both Karsenrik people in the past. The mercury bottle in his hand fell onto the desktop, and he was completely unaware of it himself.

"What are you doing?"

The professor asked again, and the ambiguous pink light between his fingers became even stronger.

"We lost an important item - the statue of the Old God 'Blood Duke Lao Ai'. We wanted to use a Keeper-level relic to retaliate against the person who snatched the statue, but the other party was too strong. So, they had me use the Miracle - 【Rat Companion's Sense of Smell】 to search for clues.

That alleyway had a very mixed scent, and there was a battle last night. I searched for a whole day before discovering that one of the people who had been to the alley was using a ritual, and their own power was very weak. I am currently using the Miracle - 【Mercury Poison Mist】 in an attempt to kill him directly."

Professor Sanchez nodded. Xia De looked at the pink light on his fingers and felt a bit dizzy himself. Professor Garcia explained:

"This is the Spell - Charm Human. The effect is not usually this good; it is because of Professor Sanchez's Spirit Rune system and frequent practice that he can exert such characteristics... It is really not easy to make the disobedient young students in the academy tell the truth about their homework."

"Who else knows about Mr. Hamilton's matter?"

Professor Sanchez pointed his normal finger at Xia De. Peter the "Dwarf Rat" answered softly with unfocused eyes, his voice becoming increasingly gentle, as if he were talking to his lover:

"Only me. I haven't had time to report it yet; I wanted to claim the credit all for myself. This trick of mine has never failed; even the Silver-Eyed One has praised my Miracle."

"Have you killed anyone?"

The professor asked.

"Yes, I've killed many. Many Miracles require fresh human organs as..."

"Alright then."

The pink light on Professor Sanchez's fingers extinguished, and then a black light flew from his fingertips, crossing the boundary between the two houses. The corpse of Peter the Dwarf Rat fell to the ground; he fell into a permanent slumber.

Xia De opened his mouth slightly, having a new understanding of the professor's swift and resolute style. It took several seconds before he remembered to say:

"Professor Sanchez, Professor Garcia, thank you for your help."

This could be considered as completely resolving the trouble caused by that Old God statue for him.

As for the dead man, Xia De would not pity him; the other party was an evil person to begin with and even wanted to harm him. He was even glad he didn't have to dirty his own hands.

"No need to thank me. If it weren't for the fact that I had to meet you today, he wouldn't have discovered your identity."

Professor Sanchez said, then signaled Xia De to stand up:

"Go see if there are any important documents on his desktop. Do not touch any items. During the ritual, our side cannot leave our seats, otherwise, the projection will be unilaterally interrupted."

Xia De nodded and stood up, hearing the sound of Little Mia scratching at the door becoming louder. The curious but timid cat probably wanted very much to know what was happening outside.

He left his seat and walked toward the other part of the living room that had been divided into two. When his body crossed the midline and entered that low-ceilinged house, a foul stench and the smell of decay from long-term lack of ventilation immediately rushed toward him.

He had crossed from the second floor of No. 6 St. Deran Plaza to a narrow, cold rental apartment somewhere in Tobesk City. He did not go to check the row of reagent bottles on the bookshelf but walked straight to the desk.

On the desktop, aside from a pool of mercury, there were the spellcasting materials required when using the two Miracles of searching for clues and pouring mercury. The only document was the one on the typewriter that had not been finished. It was a letter written in Karsenrik, and the ending had not been written yet.

Most of it was Peter the Dwarf Rat complaining about the trouble of his work, the dangers he encountered, and the heavy fog weather in Tobesk City.

The last paragraph only had the beginning written, mentioning their cooperation with the cultists of the Evil God 【Lord of Blood Feast】. 【Mercury Blood】 attempted to obtain some materials from the cultists. Another organization, the 【Blood Spirit School】, had promised to help them but seemed to be busy with something regarding a delivery room in the New Continent. Therefore, up to now, they had only sent a Keeper-level relic as help, which made the Silver-Eyed One furious.

The cultists of the 【Lord of Blood Feast】, 【Mercury Blood】, and the 【Blood Spirit School】—this involved three organizations all at once.

Xia De noted down this part of the content. After returning to his own living room and sitting down, he reported it word for word. The two professors did not express any views on this. Professor Garcia revoked the spatial anomaly state, allowing Xia De's living room to return to normal.

Even the mercury mist disappeared, as if what had just happened was only a hallucination. In this way, the cautious outsider did not need to worry about dying from mercury poisoning.

"In short, Mr. Hamilton, as a one-ring warlock, try to participate less in such dangerous matters. Where were we just now?"

For the two professors, what had just happened was nothing more than a trivial matter not worth mentioning. Xia De was also happy that there were no hidden dangers. After noting down the 【Lord of Blood Feast】, 【Blood Spirit School】, and what he had just seen and heard, he sat up straight in his chair and said:

"Just now we mentioned two matters. Professor Garcia said he was here tonight to guide my time travel practice, and we would proceed after all matters were discussed. The second matter is that you wanted to talk about our five-person group."

Professor Garcia nodded at Xia De, while Professor Sanchez patted his head:

"Oh, yes, the matter of the five-person group. In your five-person group, someone has a major problem. One of you, the 'other me', is different from the normal situation. The academy believes that is a major hidden danger."

Xia De, who had just been happy, felt a sudden jolt in his heart, and his face changed drastically. ===== CHAPTER 48 =====